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charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.56.2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Wed, 2026-07-15 at 18:03 -0600, Ivy Lopez wrote: > The context_buf and session_buf fields in struct tpm_space contain > TPM context blobs which may include sensitive cryptographic material. That's not true ... at least not in a way that could be exfiltrated.=20 All cryptographically sensitive areas of the context are already encrypted by the TPM with an internal key so they contain nothing useful to an attacker. Regards, James